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Saturday, February 16, 2013

The Íslenska kvikmynda- og sjónvarpsakademían (Icelandic Film and Television Academy) hosted the ceremony for the 15th Annual Edduverðlaunin or Edda Awards tonight at Hörpu in Reykjavík.

Baltasar Kormákur's Djúpið (The Deep) with eleven wins from its leading sixteen nominations. Its wins included Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson), Cinematography and Editing.

Óskar Þór Axelsson's Svartur á leik (Black's Game) picked up three awards. It won for Best Screenplay and the two supporting acting awards went to actor Damon Younger and actress María Birta Bjarnadóttir.Pressa 3 (The Press, season 3) won Best TV Program and Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir won Best Actress.

I don't know that Indriðason has a book called Djúpið or The Deep. But IMDb.com shows the only other writing credit as Jón Atli Jónasson, and says the film is "Based on actual events, a fisherman tries to survive in the freezing ocean after his boat capsizes off the south coast of Iceland."